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    This document provides release notes and important information for Software 7.7.1 for 3ware 7000/8000 series controllers. It highlights updated Windows and Linux drivers, new firmware to support flash components, and a Windows 64-bit driver. The errata section describes issues with riser cards, CLI reporting inaccurate messages, a CLI error, and tips for upgrading 3DM and importing units under CLI.

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    This document provides release notes and important information for Software 7.7.1 for 3ware 7000/8000 series controllers. It highlights updated Windows and Linux drivers, new firmware to support flash components, and a Windows 64-bit driver. The errata section describes issues with riser cards, CLI reporting inaccurate messages, a CLI error, and tips for upgrading 3DM and importing units under CLI.

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    This document provides release notes and important information for Software 7.7.1 for 3ware 7000/8000 series controllers. It highlights updated Windows and Linux drivers, new firmware to support flash components, and a Windows 64-bit driver. The errata section describes issues with riser cards, CLI reporting inaccurate messages, a CLI error, and tips for upgrading 3DM and importing units under CLI.

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    Software 7.7.

    1
    for
    3ware 7000/7006 and 8000/8006 series
    Release Notes
    READ ME FIRST!
    Introduction

    Thank you for purchasing the 3ware 7000/8000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller. Please refer to
    the Errata section before installing your controller or calling technical support. This document
    describes important recommendations and feature descriptions that were not included in the CD
    documentation.

    Highlights

    • Windows WHQL certified driver for Windows 2003 – Both an unsigned driver for Windows
    2000/XP/2003 and a signed certified driver for Windows 2003 are available for download.
    • Updated Windows 32-bit driver to provide improved SCSI pass through commands.
    • Windows 64-bit driver available on 3ware download page
    • Updated firmware to support new flash components.
    • If using kernels 2.6.15 to 2.6.22, with Intel EM64T system and 4 GB of system RAM or more,
    see 3ware KB article 15243 http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=15243

    Customer Support Contact Information:


    Web: http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp
    Phone: (800) 840-6055 or at (858) 535-6517.
    For further information, please visit our web site at http://www.amcc.com/

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    Software Information
    AMCC periodically updates drivers, firmware, 3DM and the CLI utilities to add features and
    improve product reliability and compatibility.

    Please visit our website at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp to obtain the latest


    drivers, firmware and 3DM.

    To enable Software 7.7.1 features, the following firmware, driver, 3DM and CLI versions are
    required:

    Flash Image
    Firmware version: 1.05.00.068
    BIOS version: 1.08.00.048
    Monitor version: 1.01.00.038

    OS Drivers
    Windows driver version: 1.15.00.014 (Windows 2003/XP/2000)
    Linux driver version: 1.02.00.037 (Red Hat 8.0/9.0, SuSE 8.1/8.2)
    FreeBSD driver version: 1.00.00.000 (beta release for FreeBSD 4.8)

    3DM Disk Management Utility


    3DM for Windows version: 1.13.00.029
    3DM for Linux version: 1.13.00.029

    CLI Command Line Interface


    CLI for Windows version: 2.00.00.032
    CLI for Linux version: 2.00.00.032
    CLI for FreeBSD version: 2.00.00.032b (beta release)

    3ware does not recommend running both 3DM and CLI at the same time. Alarms will only be
    captured by 3DM if both are running.

    720-0103-02 December 2007


    Errata

    Important Issues
    Use of Riser card with 66MHz Products
    Before using a riser card, please review AMCC’s customer advisory PDF at the following link:
    http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/TWCA001_1003.pdf to identify compatibility issues between
    certain controllers and chipsets.

    CLI reports inaccurate or confusing messages


    CLI does not provide clear and concise information on why a rebuild failed to start. When a
    rebuild command fails make sure that the controller and drives are available, the proper drive(s) and
    unit(s) are selected and the array is not already rebuilding.
    CLI reports 0% when issuing the rebuildstatus, verifystatus or initializestatus command to a
    non-redundant array. This is normal operation for CLI.

    CLI reports “No Controller Found”


    CLI may report this error message if an older driver or firmware is loaded or if the driver is not
    installed. Please make sure you are using the Software 7.7.1 released CLI, driver and firmware.

    CLI “maint add” command changed


    The “maint rescan” or “maint createunit” command has replaced the “main add” command with
    enhanced functionality. To add a port, use rescan. Rescan can also help bring a JBOD on a port
    back on-line. In case a spare needs to be created, simply use the createunit command.

    Boot of SuSE Linux 8.1 fails


    Upgrade to SuSE 8.2 and higher or start SuSE 8.1 with the “noapic” option and the boot should
    proceed normally. This only happens with certain motherboards.

    Note
    Parted extends the 2TB partition limit on Linux 2.6
    Current Linux “fdisk” versions have a partition size limit of 2TB. Use the “Parted” tool for
    partition sizes greater than 2TB.

    720-0103-02 December 2007


    Advanced Tips

    Upgrading 3DM
    When upgrading 3DM from an older version under Windows, all information in the Alarms pages
    will be lost. Save a copy of the Alarms pages locally, before upgrading.

    Importing units under CLI


    Only JBOD arrays can be added/imported/removed on the fly using the CLI. Other array types such
    as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 can only be removed but not added back until you reboot.

    Unable to change 3DM options with SuSE 8.1 browser


    This is a SuSE operating system anomaly. AMCC recommends upgrading to the SuSE Linux 8.2
    operating system and higher. An added advantage of using SUSE 8.2 is that it provides built in
    support for the console message “modprobe block-major-65” when 3DM is running.

    Unable to install 3ware controller as the primary storage under FreeBSD


    Installing FreeBSD 4.8 on certain motherboards using the default 3ware drivers built into the
    FreeBSD 4.8 distribution may not function properly and prevent the 3ware controller from becoming
    the primary boot controller in that system. If you have problem installing the 3ware controller as the
    boot device, please contact 3ware Customer Support at www.3ware.com/support/index.asp or at (800)
    945-7273 or at 408-523-1111. For further information, please visit our web site at
    http://www.amcc.com/.

    720-0103-02 December 2007

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